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Respiratory Medicine

Volume 101, Issue 2, February 2007, Pages 366-369
Respiratory Medicine

CASE REPORT
Total lung lavage by awake flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope in a 13-year-old girl with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

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Summary

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare, heterogeneous diffuse lung disease in childhood. We report a case of an asymptomatic 13-year old girl with PAP. She had radiolographic findings suggesting the diagnosis, which was confirmed by the “milky” bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and the histology of transbronchial biopsy. Total lung lavage was performed by flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope under local anesthesia with success. This is the first reported case of a PAP in a child that was treated by being awake during bronchoscopy. After one-year of follow-up, the patient remains free of symptoms.

Keywords

Alveolar proteinosis
Total lung lavage
Bronchoscopy

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Now present at: Medical School of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece.